tucanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Native to Mexico, from Nahuatl tuçan, togan.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, older 米国発音) IPA: /ˈtuːkən/

名詞

tucan (plural tucans)

1. (rare, possibly obsolete) The hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus).
   • 1862, Sir John Richardson, The Museum of Natural History: Being a Popular Account of the Structure, Habits, and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom:

     THE TUCAN, OR MEXICAN GOPHER (G. mexicanus, (Licht.) Rich.) is a Mexican species, with the coloration much […]

   • 1885, Frederick William True, A Provisional List of the Mammals of North and Central America, and the West Indian Islands:

     Geomys mexicanus, (Licht.) Baird. Tucan. Mexican Pocket-Gopher. Mexico. / Geomys hispidus, Le Conte. Quackil. Central American Pocket-Gopher  […]

参照

• “tucan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “tucan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Cantu, UNTAC, cutan